Skate



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. H. BARNEY.

SKATE.

Patented M31220, 1883.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. E. H. BARNEY.

(No Model.)

SKATE.

No. 274,254. Patented Mar. 20, 1 883.

' UN TED STATES PATENT fission.

EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,254, dated March 20, 1883.

a Application filed January 19, 1883. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EVERETT H. Banner, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of. devices for operating the clamping mechanism of skates, whereby thelatter are secured to and disengaged from the sole and heel of a boot.

Onefeature of my invention relates to improvements in means for imparting the requisite motion to; thesole and heel clamps of a skate and for forcing said clamps against the heel and sole of a boot and retaining said clamps in a locked position. 4

A second feature of my invention relates to improved meansfor connecting the screw-rod of a skate with the heel-clam p thereof.

A third feature of my invention relates to improvements in the construction of the heelclamp and the heel-clamp-supporting parts of the skate.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig.

2 is a bottom plan view, of a skate embody- 7 ing my improvements. Fig. 3 illustrates the rear end of the screw-rod. Fig. 4 is. a rear elevation, and Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view, of the heel-clamp. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the nut-link. Fig. 7 is a top plan view, a side elevation, and a bottom plan view of the rotating crank-stud. Fig. 8 isa plan view of the lever. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the heel-plate and one cheek-piece, and Fig. 10 is an end view of the same. i t Y The metallic sole-plate A is secured to the runner c by metallic brackets in the usual way, as shown. Two clam p-studs, m in, having T-shaped heads whose arms lie in a line with the runner c, are secured to said sole-plate with sziiid heads projecting downward beneath said p ate.

The sole-clamps b b consist of two metallic straps reaching from a pointjust back of the sole-plate toward the toe of the skate, and, curving outward beyond the edges of the soleplate, their ends are turned upward at right angles to the plane of the sole-plate to form clamp-hooks or dogs, as shown, to bear a gainst' the opposite edges of the sole of the boot and clamp the latter between them. Said soleclamps are provided with curved slots, as shown, which permit of placing them over the said heads ofthe studs m m, when they are so held as to bring the parallel sides of said heads in line with the opposite edges of said slots, and then by turning said clamps to bring their rear ends together said heads stand across said slots, thereby holding them up under the sole'plate and permitting them to so slide thereon as to allow the outer ends of the clamps to move toward and from the edges of the sole-plate. The rear ends of the clamps b b are perforated and fitted to receive therethrongh a cylindrical stud or pivot form ing a connection common to the rear ends of both clamps. Said stud or pivot is illustrated in three positions in Fig. 7, and is designated as a rotating crank-stud. The said crank-stud c has acylindrical head, 5, a cylindrical body, 4, whose circumferential surface is concentric with the border of said head, and the end 3 of which is milled off on opposite sides thereof, as shown, and is tapped to.

receive a screw, f. A crank-pin, as, is provided on said rotating stud c, and when the latter is in place through the perforated rear ends of the sole-clamps the said ends have a bearing, on the said cylindrical body part 4 of said crank-stud. The lever h, having a slot therethrough conforming to the shape of the milled end 3 of the said 'stud e, is secured to the latter by the screwf, so that when the said clamps, stud e, and lever hare united in 0perative relation they constitute the mechanical structure which those parts represent in Figs. 1 and 2.

A nut-link, 0, having its nut end tapped to receive the screwed end of the screw-rod n, is perforated to receive through its flat portion the crank-pin a; 'on the stud e, and is suitably secured thereon by riveting or otherwise to unite it thereto, but loosely enough to permit said stud to be freely turned.

The metallic heel-plate o is provided with an abutment, s, for the front side of the heel of the boot, and is attached to the rear end of the runner by two cheek-pieces, Each of said cheek-pieces is fastened to the heel-plate o by riveting or other suitable means. As herein shown, each cheek-piece has a part on ICO its upper. edge which projects through a slot,

y, in said heel-plate, and is riveted upon the top side of the latter, and the lower edges of said cheek-pieces are bolted to the sides of the runner, as shown. The form of said cheekpieces is such that when they are united under the heel-plate, as aforesaid, they form a longitudinal chamber under the heel-plate, and each one is provided with a lip or projection, z, standing out from its side and leaving a space between it and the heel-plate above, as shown. It is obvious that the heelplate '1; and the two cheek-pieces ii, together with the parts zz,may,ifdesired,be all cast in a united form in one piece.

Theheel-clamp 20, plan and end views ofwhich are shown in Figs. 4 and 6, is slotted, as in Fig. 6, and is provided with upwardly-projecting spurs or dogs, as in Figs. 1 and 4, for engaging with the heel of the boot and with a cylindrically perforated and split lip, 01. The heel-clamp is thus adapted to slide under the heel-plate v, astride of the cheek-pieces i 2', the portions thereof each side of its slot 6 passing between the lips or projectionsz a and the under side of the heel-plate, and when said heelclamp is in place on the skate the said lip (1 stands before the rear end of the aforesaid chamber under the heel-plate.

The screw-rod it forms an adjustable connection, operating in a direct longitudinal line between the heel and sole clamps of the skate,

' for uniting said clamps and for varying the distance between the heel-clamps and rotating crank-stud 0. Said screw-rod enters the rear end of the nut-link 0, extendsfrom thence rearwardly through said chamber under the heelplate, and has a groove, 7, around it near its rear end. The-said lip 07, by reason of its being split open at its lower edge, is capable of being sprung open to allow of placing its partly-- separated parts within said groove 7"", and then closing said parts upon the rod n, whereby the heel-clamp is so directly connected to said rod that any longitudinal movement of the latter causes a like movement of said heelclamp. The said lip d is not so closely shut upon rod n but that the latter can be freely turned by applying the fingers to the end thereof for adjusting the clamps of the skate, as above described.

The operation of my improvement is as follows: In Fig. 1 are shown the dotted outlines of the sole and heel of aboot, to illustrate the relation of the latter and the fastening devices of the skate, and to show the positions thereof when the latter is clamped to a boot. Fig. 2 illustrates the position of said fastening devices when the skate is unfasteued and taken off from the boot. As shown in both full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, the lever h, in being operated to fasten the clamps of the skate or to uni'asten them, may be swung in either direction in a horizontal plane under the shank of the boot and over the clamp-connecting devices. The movement of theclamps of the skate causedby turning the crank-stud e by lever It may be to the extent of double the distance of the crank-pin as from the axial line of the said stud 6. By, however, properly adjusting the heel and sole clamps to bring them near to the heel and sole of the boot, by turning rod n before swinging lever h, as aforesaid, and then swinging the latter around to a central line, as in Fig. 1, the movement of said crank-pin from a point on either side ofa central longitudinalline opposite the axis of the stud e, drawn through the skate from heel to toe, to the position shown in Fig. 1, which brings it on said central line, serves to complete the fastenin g. Said adjustment having been made, the skate is applied to the boot, and lever h is swung around on a line with the rod n and the center of the nut-link 0, thereby bringing the clamps forcibly against the sole and heel, the abutment 8 receiving the force of the heel-clamp movement. Swinging the lever to the right or left under the boot unfastens the skate therefrom. Hence, since said lever may be swung either way, it is unnecessary to make right and left skates, as either skate can with equal convenience be secured to either foot. This feature of construction results in considerable saving in the cost of manufacture. Said lever h is provided with the lips 7 on either edge thereof or other suitable device for causing it to be engaged with the adjacent operating devices of the skate when occupying the position shown in Fig. 1, whereby it is secured against being accidentally swung away from that position when the skate is clamped. Said lever springs up slightly when one of said lips 7 encounters the said fastening-connections under it, letting said lip slip over the latter, bringing rod n between said lips.

In a separate application for Letters Patent I describe modified means for operating the heel and toe clamps by a lever capable of swinging to both sides.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. The combination of devices for clamping a skate to the heel and sole of a boot, substantially as described, with a rotating crank-stud connected with and located in a central line between said devices, and a lever connected with said. stud for fastening and unfastening, as set forth.

2. The combination of devices for clamping a skate to the heel and sole of aboot, substantially as described, with a rotating crank-stud connected with and located in a central line between said devices, and a lever connected with said stud for fastening and unfastening, adapted by means, substantially as described, to be engaged with the clamp-connections when swung into a line therewith, substantially as set forth.

3. The combiuati0n,with the rotatable screwrodn, having a groove, 7, around it, of the heelclamp 20, having the split lip d thereon, adapted to have its semi-divided portions engage in said groove, substantially as set forth.

4. The heel-plate 'u, the cheek-pieces t 2', secured to said heel-plate and each provided with the lip z, in combination with the heel-clamp I w, having the lip d thereon, and the screw-rod I n, all as set forth.

5. The combination, in a skate, of heel and sole clamps, substantially as described, with a rotatingcrank-stud pivoted in said sole-clam ps, a nut-link pivoted to the crank-pin of said stud,

a longitudinal rotatable screw-rod connected to said heel-clamps, and a lever for fastening and nnfastening connected with said crankstnd, having its free end movable in a horizontal plane in either direction from said screwrod, all as set forth.

6. The combinatiomin a skate, of heel and toe clamps, and a tightening and releasing lever I 5 connected by two pins to the separate clampin g devices, and arranged, substantially as described, to tighten the clamps by carrying the lever to either side to bring the pin connected to the heel-clamp in front of the other pin-con- 2o nection, substantially as set forth.

EVERETT H. BARNEY.

Witnesses:

H. A. OHAPIN, WM. H. GHAPIN. 

